HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 c15W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present establishment figure for prisoners at Lindholme prison; what are the actual figures for prisoners held at the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The certified normal accommodation at Her Majesty's prison Lindholme is 1,001. Two

North Yorkshire Police—Richmond Division
Main Police Stations Village Police Stations
Northallerton Sub-Division Richmond Sub-Division Ripton Sub-Division
Bedale Borrowby Askrigg Bagby
Catterick Garrison Brompton Aysgarth Coxwood
Legburn Crakehall Barton Dishforth
Northallerton Great Broughton Catterick Village Kirkbymalzeard
Richmond Divisional Headquarters Great Smeaton Colburn Kirklington
Richmond Sub-Divisional Headquarters Hutton Rudby Eppleby Masham
Ripon Leeming Gilling West North Stainley
Scorton Norton on Swale Hawes Thornton le Moor
Stokesley Osmotherley Hunton Topcliffe
Thirsk Swainby Middleham Wath
Middleton Tyas
Redmine
Reeth

Details of the police stations which have opened and closed since 1979 are as follows:

  1. (i) In 1986, the police station at Great Ayton was closed and replaced with a police office;
  2. (ii) In 1988, the police house and office at Crathorne was closed and replaced with one at Hutton-Rudby;
  3. (iii) In the same year, the police station at Racecourse Lane, Northallerton was closed and replaced with one in Northallerton High Street; and a police office was opened at North Stainley.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in theOfficial Report the number of police employed to cover the Richmond division of the North Yorkshire police area annually from 1979 to the latest available date.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information is as follows:

Year Police strength at 31 December
1979 209
1980 190
1981 193
1982 193
1983 203
1984 205
1985 220
1986 215
1987 230
1988 226

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